SIUE Added to Ohio Valley Conference Television Schedule

Jan 09, 2013

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – SIUE men's basketball's Feb. 9 game at UT Martin has been added to the Ohio Valley Conference's television package as announced Wednesday by the OVC. FOX Sports Midwest, as well as FOX Sports South (in Kentucky and Tennessee), will air the 12 p.m. contest. The Conference announced the addition of two broadcasts that will appear on the FOX Sports Family of Networks.

In addition to the SIUE/UT Martin game, the Jan. 19 Eastern Kentucky at Jacksonville State game will air on FOX Sports South at 1:30 p.m. CT. Both games also will be streamed live on the OVC Digital Network.

The additional game brings the total of televised SIUE games to 12. FOX Sports Midwest aired the Nov. 10 game at Missouri as well as the Dec. 28 game at Saint Louis.

The remaining SIUE television schedule:

Thu., Jan. 10

vs. Jacksonville State

9 p.m.

Delayed

FOX Sports Midwest

Sat., Jan. 12

vs. Tennessee Tech

7 p.m.

Live

KPLR 11

Sat., Jan. 19

at Murray State

7:30 p.m.

Live

KPLR 11

Thu., Jan. 24

vs. SEMO

9 p.m.

Delayed

FOX Sports Midwest

Sat., Jan. 26

vs. UT Martin

7 p.m.

Live

KPLR 11

Sat., Feb. 2

vs. Eastern Illinois

9 p.m.

Delayed

FOX Sports Midwest

Sat., Feb. 9

at UT Martin

12 p.m.

Live

FOX Sports Midwest

Thu., Feb. 14

vs. Murray State

7 p.m.

Live

KPLR 11.2

Sat., Feb. 16

vs. Austin Peay

7 p.m.

Live

KPLR 11

Wed., Feb. 20

vs. Tennessee State

7 p.m.

Live

FOX Sports Midwest

Previously the OVC had announced a slate of 10 men's basketball games that will appear on the ESPN Family of Networks this season (including the Murray State/Southeast Missouri game that was played last Saturday).

In addition, 185 men's and women's Conference basketball games will be streamed live on the OVC Digital Network (www.OVCDigitalNetwork.com) during the season. The OVCDN is the league's web streaming platform that was re-branded and launched in August and is a partnership with SIDEARM Sports. All events on the OVC Digital Network are broadcast free of charge and available on any computer, tablet, or smart phone without any registration, app or software download.

Saturday, March 2
Wild Card Game (Teams TBD), 12:00 p.m. CT (ESPNU)Potential Wild Card Games for March 2
UT Martin at Austin Peay
Jacksonville State at Belmont
SIUE at Eastern Illinois
Southeast Missouri at Murray State
Eastern Kentucky at Tennessee State
Morehead State at Tennessee Tech